Friday, April 23, 2010

Crazy Camp Craftiness!

It wouldn't be sock camp without the crafty! Crafty fun number one involved taking an old or wornout sock and creating a whimsical, Seussical character. I brought my first sock. It is about two sizes too wide and too short! No holes though :)

Meet Pinky Perfect Princess Who!

My fellow "Who" tribe member Ann named her in just about 2 seconds (me, I struggled for an hour to come up with a name). I think Pinky Perfect Princess Who is destined to inspire a sock design! And lil' snowboarder's response to her...."Wooooowwwww!! Is she for me!??" She sure is. We just can't mess up her feathers :)

Crafty fun Day 2 brought buttons. Who knew making buttons would be so fun?!!

Erica captured her new-found-love of Twilight while at sock camp (okay, actually, she was so sick of us telling her how close we were to Port Angeles and Forks that she caved and watched the movies.... now she sparkles in the sunlight...).

My buttons don't sparkle, but still fun! And I think I have a new motto... "Go Girlie!"

Then of course there was the "boobie" homework, being as this was Camp Cattywampus. Remember, I cast on on the plane to camp, so I think these turned out okay.

I think this pattern can work nicely with Socks that Rock! So, let's have a little giveaway shall we. I'll be giving away 5 free copies of Merrily in celebration of my almost 500th post! I think I'm just a few posts away but I need some ideas for anything you'd like to know or see or hear about on the blog! Leave a suggestion and you're entered in the contest!

I love seeing your designing get more and more popular with sock knitters. It's wonderful. Do you think that you will write a book in your future?I would like to see a blog about the process of what you do to design a sock.Is the yarn first or the pattern. Do you doodle on graph paper or draw it out. Or do you just start knitting?

Ooooh I'm just enjoying reading about your trip to Sock Camp (and wishing I was there-- I'm friends with Alice and heard about Camp from her last week at Knit Night! I'm so jealous!!). Keep up the Sock Camp-y posts! :D

What a blast you had at Camp. I would like to see more about how you come up with your designs - do you watch patterns, do you ready stitch pattern books to see how it would fit into your sock designs? I like your simple yet elegant designs.

PPP Who is too cute! I like your Lucky "boobies" too ;) I too would like to know how you first found out about STR/BMFA, what was the first skein that "got" you. Also the designing process, that just amazes me to no end. I don't have the time or patience to do that, so I'm in awe of people that can. :)

I would love to hear more about the process - without giving too much away. I'm in awe of people who can go from "seeing" something, to actually knitting it, and then to creating the pattern to share it. thanks for that.

I'm so glad we were both members of the Who team at camp; it was nice to get to know you better. Happy memories here of the scavenger hunt and our eventual win via the "dexterous knitting" tie-breaker!! That was nerve-wracking!How do you come up with your designs?I look forward to knitting more of them soon.

I love your socks! (I have your 'slip jig' socks from STR club on the needles.) Since I'm becoming a much better knitter - and not much of a designer - I'd love to hear more about the desiging process. Some of the 'ins and outs' you have to keep in mind to make the patterns work. (What kinds of cuffs stay up best? What are the pros and cons of toe-up or cuff-down? Why choose one type of heel over another?) News and pictures of Little Man and lil' snowboarder are always a bit hit with me. Congratulations on "nearly 500" I've loved them. salam wa sa'aadah Linda

I love your designs! I too would like to know more about the process of getting and idea from your amazing brain to a finished design. The entire process fascinates me, I tend to 'think' I have a good idea but it always goes bad VERY bad!

I really enjoy your blog! It's great hearing about sock camp & seeing your WIP photos - great sock inspiration! I'd also love to hear more about how you came to start designing & about your design process.

Hi Irishgirlie. I met you at camp 2 years ago (2008) and spoke with you a few times. I am a little quiet so you might not remember me. I was the other pregnant woman at camp. I have had to miss camp the last 2 years, but I will see you next year! I absolutely love your pattern and colorway from the Rockin sock club. I would like to see more pictures of your knitting in progress. Also I would like to see some pictures and hear the stories from when you started knitting socks. Oh yeah anymore pictures from sock camp:)

I seem to be echoing many others - but the design process fascinates me - especially as I find it hard to deviate even slightly from the written instructions. I also like your pattern names, so would like to know - does the name come - and then the pattern - or vice versa?

I love your Sock Camp report - so jealous that you were there! I would really like to hear more about your history - how you got into knitting socks and designing patterns, inspirations and muses. Your patterns are fun and doable - I really enjoy them.

I love reading about your designs, and going to fun stuff like Sock Camp and I really really like all your pics about thoses two cuties-Lil Guy and Lil Snowboarder. Don't you have a sister somewhere too? I just really enjoy it all.

Oooh, I hope I'm not too late for the contest, I was just looking at this pattern on knitpicks! I would love to see more knitting in progress pics, especially socks that rock. I was so inspired by your picture of dutch canyon a couple weeks ago that I immediately placed my own order :)

Love the updates on your new designs when they come out. I loved your Queen Alice design for the Woolgirl club...was wondering if it will be exclusive forever. I would buy it if I could. I just cast on Cotty, and I love the Slip Jig you designed for the blue moon club. Look forward to seeing more of your designs!

OMG, Carrie-your boobies turned out terrific! Awesome You! Can't hardly wait to see what new designs you'll be creating. Camp sounds like it was fun as it always is-and I'm sure it was even more fun doing the Slip Jig out on the lawn! Now the Port Ludlow staff must really be reeling!